FBI agents searched the home of John Bolton, the former national security adviser to U.S. President Donald Trump, on Friday. Bolton went from being a supporter of the current president to one of his harshest critics.
The U.S. president publicly insulted him several times: he had already used his presidential power against Bolton in January. Bolton’s home is being searched as part of “a national security investigation,” said a source familiar with the matter, according to Reuters news agency.
The search of Bolton’s house in the Bethesda suburb of Washington was ordered by FBI Director Kash Patel, the New York Post reported. No further details are known. “NO ONE is above the law”
Patel himself cryptically commented on the operation in a post on Platform X, without naming Bolton. “NO ONE is above the law… on-duty FBI agents,” Patel wrote shortly after 7 a.m. A White House spokesperson shared the post. Bolton had served as U.S. ambassador to the United Nations and as White House national security adviser during Trump’s first term.
Since then, however, he has become a critic of the Republican president and describes Trump as unfit for office. Personal protection already withdrawn Since taking office in January, Trump has repeatedly tried to use the levers of presidential power against his perceived enemies after promising political retaliation during his campaign.
The president had already withdrawn Bolton’s Secret Service protection. This protection had been granted after the U.S. Department of Justice declared that Iran had threatened Bolton’s life. The White House was also accused of improperly interfering to prevent Bolton from publishing his best-selling memoirs, falsely claiming they contained classified information.
